A Conversation with Dr Melissa Zimdars
LONGEVITY. Root Cause Care. Gut Health. Functional Medicine. Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
If you don't know these terms, you should. Wellness is now estimated to be a $7-trillion-dollar global industry - $2 billion in the US alone. That is 3 times larger than the pharmaceutical industry.
An average American spends over $5000 per year on wellness, much more than on prescription drugs.
We are launching a multi-part series of investigative reporting and podcasts about Wellness. Who are the key voices? What is it like from a patient's perspective? How does wellness fit with evidence-based medicine? Will it start to be reimbursed by CMS (Medicare and Medicaid)? (Our prediction is Yes).
Shockingly, there are virtually no independent experts (outside of the wellness industry itself) who study this rapidly growing global phenomenon. Dr Melissa Zimdars is one such expert.
The rise of wellness should not surprise anyone as humanity realizes that health is the most fundamental factor of existence. The problem is we have disagreements about the path to wellness and the practices we should use. Some value herbal remedies while others value laboratory created elements and others a combination of the two. In any case, the weight and favor will go to the most effective approach as that will yield positive results.